Some of the takes here are exactly why I don’t feel at ease talking about liking Dirkjake in wider fandom spaces. Being committed to the more positive reading of them from circa 2017-2018 even in the face of postcanon material choosing to focus on and emphasize the dysfunction between them is very much an Endless Climb in an Upward Movement.

@pearls / Dandy

In Meat it is my understanding that Jake has been behaving quite irresponsibly, avoiding the question of where he and Dirk’s relationship stands while sleeping around with so many women he’s been having to dodge paying child support to some of them. It’s no surprise then that ultDirk’s departure from Earth C is treated as basically the most dramatic breakup in Paradox Space.